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Hey All,

I suffer the seemingly common "Oil pressure drops almost to 0, turn off / on, all is well" syndrome that many here have witnessed.

I understand it can be from dirty / faulty oil pressure sender or dodgy stock gauge.

I will be cleaning the sender this weekend, though have been quoted $260.97 from Nissan !?!?!?

So my question is, where do you guys buy parts from? Surely I don’t have to fork out 260 for a sender? Can I use one from a RB30 etc?

I have a strange grinding noise from the front of my engine that sounds like a bearing, and considering its MUCH louder in the mornings, has led me to believe it could be the oil pump ( with the small 1st gen RB26 collar) but I'll leave that for another thread.

Any help would be massively appreciated!!!!

- M

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260??? bugger that, just get an aftermarket guage for that with its own sensor

I'm having teh same drama, you might want to get the engine checked out. When mine arrived we pulled it apart and found some seized bearings on the front, 300 from nissan for a new one. damn they know how to charge!

mark

The oil pressure sender lives behind the oil filter pointing towards the back of the car. To remove you unplug the wires in, undo a nut, and then it turns on. You do need little fingers as with all rb26 stuff.

Oil wont spray everywhere unless you have the motor running while you pull it off. :rofl: haha

Don't forget to remove the wires connecting to it first.

Doing an oil change at the same time will make life easier as it won't have an oil filter on it.

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I understand it can be from dirty / faulty oil pressure sender or dodgy stock gauge.

I will be cleaning the sender this weekend, though have been quoted $260.97 from Nissan !?!?!?

So my question is, where do you guys buy parts from? Surely I don’t have to fork out 260 for a sender? Can I use one from a RB30 etc?

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but...

Does anyone have the part number of one of these puppies, ie oil sender unit for an early R32 Rb26dett. It is just that the customer service from my local Nissan dealer varies between incompetent & downright hostile, hence I dont trust them to get it right.

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